The Legacies of Two World Wars

European Societies in the Twentieth Century
Herausgeber: Kettenacker, Lothar; Riotte, Torsten

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Produktbeschreibung

Traces the moods and attidudes of the people of Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy before, during and after the crucial moments of the First and Second World Wars Examines public attitudes towards war and peace Focuses on the experiences of the people during the conflicts of the twentieth century rather than the politics

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9781782381150
• ISBN-10: 1782381155
• Artikelnr.: 39962815

Autorenporträt

Torsten Riotte is a lecturer in History at the Goethe University Frankfurt. Educated at Cologne and Cambridge Universities, he worked at the German Historical Institute London (2003-2007) where he edited the multi-volume edition British Envoys to Germany, 1815-1866. He is the author of a number of articles on British and European history and co-editor of The Hanoverian Dimension in British History, 1714-1837 (2007) and The Diplomats' World. A Cultural History of Diplomacy (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors
Chapter 1. 'Old Europe' and the Legacy of Two World Wars
Lothar Kettenacker and Torsten Riotte
Chapter 2. Prevention or Regulation of War? The Hague Peace Conferences as
a limited Tool for Reforming the international System before 1914
Jost Dülffer
Chapter 3. 'The Spirit of 1914': A Critical Examination of War Enthusiasm
in German Society
Gerhard Hirschfeld
Chapter 4. Construction and Deconstruction of the Idea of French 'War
Enthusiasm' in 1914
Nicolas Beaupré
Chapter 5. The Mood in Britain 1914
Hartmut von Pogge Strandmann
Chapter 6. The First World War in the History of the Weimar Republic
Gerd Krumreich
Chapter 7. Fascism and Legacy of the Great War
Angelo Ventrone
Chapter 8. The French Desire for Peace and Security in the 1920's
Jean-Claude Allain
Chapter 9. Britain in the Wake in the Great War
Jay Winter
Chapter 10. Germany: War without Public Backing
Hans Mommsen
Chapter 11. The French Entry into the War in September 1939: Between
Reluctans and Resignation
Barbara Lambauer
Chapter 12. Great Britain: Declaring War as a Matter of Honour
Lothar Kettenacker
Chapter 13. Disillusionment, Pragmatism, Indifference: German Society after
the 'Catastrophe'
Clemens Vollnhals
Chapter 14. The French after 1945. Difficulties and Disappointments of an
Immediate Post-War Period
Fabrice Grenard
Chapter 15. Great Britain: Remembering a Just War (1945-1950)
Toby Haggith
Chapter 16. Italy after 1945: War and Peace. Defeat and Liberation
Gustavo Corni
Bibliography
Index